Soul patch

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The soul patch is a small patch of facial hair just below the lower lip and above the chin. It came to prominence in the 1950s and 1960s and was a style popular with beatniks and jazz artists. Prior to this period it was referred to as a small beard. Although it can be grown long and groomed into various shapes, modern versions tend to be trimmed short and narrow. A soul patch may also be grown to accompany a separate chin beard, or may form this way naturally.

Contents 1 Common synonyms 2 Famous wearers 2.1 Living musicians, actors, and television personalities 2.2 Deceased musicians 2.3 Athletes 2.4 Fictional characters

[edit] Common synonyms

The soul patch is also known as a tuft, stinger, Attilio, royale, scruff, impériale, fanny tickler, blues beard, love tuft, blues dab, bebop, liptee, clit tickler, cookie duster, womb-broom, zif, taint-brush, pussy mop, cadillac, mouche (French for fly), meat scratcher, mosca (Spanish for fly), crab-catcher, soup catcher, flavor stripe, scat or flavor-saver.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Famous wearers

[edit] Living musicians, actors, and television personalities

• Gregg Allman
• Jack Black
• Chris Cornell
• Jim Cuddy
• Billy Ray Cyrus
• Mike Davies, Radio 1 DJ
• Brandon Flowers
• Joey Greco
• Joe Hachem
• Steven Harwell
• Aamir Khan (Bollywood)
• Geddy Lee
• Howie Mandel
• Kevin Max
• Shannon Noll
• Ty Pennington
• Trent Reznor
• Bruce Springsteen
• George Stroumboulopoulos
• Steve Vai
• Eddie Vedder
• Zacky Vengeance
• Tom Waits
• Stevie Wonder

[edit] Deceased musicians

• Ray Charles
• Dizzy Gillespie
• Stevie Ray Vaughan
• Frank Zappa

[edit] Athletes

• Fernando Alonso
• Dave Batista
• Chris Carpenter
• Josh Fogg
• Toby Hall
• Brandon Inge
• Phil Jackson
• Apolo Anton Ohno
• Brian Roberts
• Brian Rolston
• Scott Spiezio
• Darcy Tucker

[edit] Fictional characters

• Tony Almeida (as played by Carlos Bernard) from the television series 24
• Autolycus Played by Bruce Campbell on the TV show Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
• Jake and Elwood Blues, better known as the Blues Brothers, wore soul patches for their Saturday Night Live apperances, however both are clean shaven in the film.
• Marco Del Rossi (as played by Adamo Ruggiero) from Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Marcus Fenix the main character of the Gears of War video game available on the Xbox 360 platform
• Jak from the Jak video game series
• Hiro Nakamura of the future, from the NBC television series Heroes
• Tommy Oliver, in Power Rangers: Dino Thunder